Poll: Majority of Kenyans will re-elect Ruto if elections were held today

President William Ruto/PCS

Majority of Kenyans would vote for incumbent President William Ruto if elections were to be conducted today, a new Infotrak survey shows.

According to the data released on Sunday, 28 per cent of respondents interviewed would reelect Ruto to the top office.

Other preferred candidates are former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i at 13 per cent and Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka at 12 per cent.

Only seven percent of the respondents would vote for Embakasi East MP Babu Owino with only five per cent electing former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

Two per cent would vote for PLP party leader Martha Karua and former Chief Justice David Maraga.

In the list are Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga and Trans Nzoia Govenor George Natembeya with one per cent preference.

Only 0.5 per cent would vote for Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, 0.2 per cent for Roots party leader George Wajackoyah and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna respectively.

Four per cent of the respondents preferred not to say, while 25 per cent were undecided.

The poll was done on December 19 and 20, 2025. The poll was sponsored and financed by Infotrak Research & Consulting Limited.

Quantitative interviews were conducted through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI).

The survey sample achieved was 1000 to represent the universe of adult Kenyans who were 18 years and above at the time of the survey. The sampling frame was designed using Population Proportionate to size (PPS) guided by the 2019 Census. Infotrak said the margin of error was +/- 3.10 percent at 95 percent degree of confidence.

The response rate was at 99 per cent.

"Where the achieved interviews differed slightly from the intended sampled proportions per demographic group, the dataset was weighted to correct for over or under sampling thus ensuring the sample was proportionately representative of the target population," the firm said.

The survey covered all the 47 counties and regions of Kenya.

To ensure national representativeness, the distribution of the survey sample across the regions was proportionately allocated.